【正文】 The pap of Pyramus: Ay, that left pap, Where heart doth hop: Thus die I, thus, thus, thus. [Stabs himself] Now I am dead, Now I am dead. (A MidSummer Night’s Dream 144)Forthly, Thisby mits herself when she sees Pyramus’ death. Thisby says: “Tongue, not a word: Come, trusty sword: Come, blade, my breast imbrue。s eyes are lodestars, and her voice is sweet. She says: “Your eyes are lodestars! and your tongue39。s Dream is very plex because it involves two sets of couples (Hermia and Lysander, and Helena and Demetrius) whose romantic crosspurposes are plicated still further by their entrance into the play’s fairyland woods where the King and Queen of the Fairies (Oberon and Titania) preside and the folk character of Puck plies his trade. Shakespeare wrote this play as a light entertainment to acpany a marriage celebration. The play is a pure edy full of the element of fairy tale. There is no moral purpose. It is one of Shakespeare’s funniest and most popular edies. The tone of the play is so lighthearted that the audience never doubts that things will end happily, and it is, therefore, free to enjoy the edy without being caught up in the tension of an uncertain oute.A Midsummer Night39。內(nèi)江師范學(xué)院本科畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計）本 科 畢 業(yè) 論 文題目: An Analysis of the Themes of A MidSummer Night’s Dream院 別：外 國 語 學(xué) 院專 業(yè)： 英 語班 級：2007 級 4 班姓 名：蔣 小 曉學(xué) 號：2 0 0 7 0 5 4 0 1 6 4 Contents Abstract: 2Introduction 3I. Love’s Difficulty 3A. For Hermia and Lysander 3B. For Helena and Demetrius 5C. For Oberon and Titania 7D. For Pyramus and Thisby 8II. Dream 9A. The Lovers’ Dream 9B. Bottom’s Dream. 10C. Dream Created by Oberon and Puck 11Conclusion 12Notes 13Bibliography 14Acknowledgements 15Abstract:A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a popular edy which contains two themes: love’s difficulty and dream. This article focuses on the two themes that are related to each other closely.Key Words: A Midsummer Night’s Dream。s Dream contains some wonderfully lyrical expressions of lighter Shakespearean themes, most notably those of love, dreams, and the stuff of both. This thesis focuses on the themes. They are love’s difficulty and dream.I. Love’s Difficulty A. For Hermia and LysanderHermia, daughter of Egeus, is in love with Lysander. Her father asks her to marry to Demetrius who loves Helena at first. But she refuses even though she will get a full penalty for her decision. Lysander, a young Athens man, is in love with Hermia. But he cannot marry openly because of the disapproval of Hermia’s father. Lysander’s relationship with Hermia involves the theme of love’s difficulty mainly. First, there is a cruel law that the daughter cannot disobey her father’s will to marry another. Otherwise, she will be punished to death. Since it is a law, everybody should obey this rule. She cannot change the law.Secondly, her father, Egues, insists on that Hermia can marry only to Demetrius, not Lysander. Egues does not allow her to marry Lysander. If she disobeys his will, she should face death. It is the difficulty from her father. Egues does not like Lysander to be the husband of his daughter. Thirdly, Demetrius loves her very much. He wants her to be his wife very much though Hermia loves Lysander not him. If he just gives up or loves Helena who loves him very much, the love39。s sweet air.” (A MidSummer Night’s Dream 18)Thirdly, Egeus wants Demetrius to marry his daughter. If it bees true, she has no chance at all. At the beginning of the play she is left out of the love triangle involving Lysander Hermia and Demetrius. She is not considered.Forthly, wondering that if she tells Demetrius that Lysander and Hermia are going to escape, she can get something back from him. She says:Pursue her。 [Stabs herself]” (A MidSummer Night’s Dream 146) It is said that the story of Pyramus and Thisby revisits the themes of romantic hardship and confusion that run through the main action of the play. Pyramus and Thisby are kept apart by parent wall, just as Lysander and Hermia were。d mistress and your warrior love. To Theseus must be wedded, and you e to give their bed joy and prosperity.” (A MidSummer Night’s Dream 34)Secondly, they quarrel every time when they meet each other. Titania says: “Fairies, away! We shall chide downright, if I longer stay.” Thirdly, Oberon wants the Indian boy to be his child. Titania also loves the child very much. She will not give the boy to him. When Oberon asks again, Titania says: “Not for thy fairy kingdom.” (A MidSummer Night’s Dream 38)Fourthly, Oberon wants to revenge. He says: “Well, go thy way: thou shalt not from this grove till I torment thee for this injure.” (A MidSummer Night’s Dream 40) He makes love potion on her eye lids making her fall in love with an assheaded man, Bottom, who is a craftsman originally. As a result, she forgets everything except enjoying with Bottom. She suffers a lot.D. For Pyramus and ThisbyThe playwithinthe play is called “the most lamentable edy, and most cruel death of Pyramus and Thisby”. The play performed by these